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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83622</law_id><section_number>58.1-4039</section_number><catch_line>Events on which betting is prohibited; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-4034</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Other Sources of State Revenue</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="40">Virginia Lottery Law; Sports Betting</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Sports Betting</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> 1. No person shall place or accept a bet on <span class="dictionary">youth sports</span>. <a id="paragraph-299679" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4039/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> No person shall place or accept a <span class="dictionary">proposition bet</span> on <span class="dictionary">college sports</span>. <a id="paragraph-299680" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4039/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> No person shall place or accept a bet on <span class="dictionary">Virginia college sports</span>. <a id="paragraph-299681" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4039/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> 1. A <span class="dictionary">sports governing body</span> may notify the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> that it desires to restrict, limit, or prohibit <span class="dictionary">sports betting</span> on its <span class="dictionary">sporting events</span> by providing notice in accordance with requirements prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>. A <span class="dictionary">sports governing body</span> also may request to restrict the types of bets that may be offered. Notwithstanding &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-4030/">58.1-4030</a>, for purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">sports governing body</span>&#x201D; includes any organization that is not headquartered in the United States and that otherwise meets the definition of &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">sports governing body</span>.&#x201D; <a id="paragraph-299682" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4039/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> For any request made pursuant to subdivision 1, the requester shall bear the burden of establishing to the satisfaction of the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> that the relevant betting or other activity poses a significant and unreasonable integrity risk. The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall seek input from affected <span class="dictionary">permit holders</span> before making a determination on such request. <a id="paragraph-299683" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4039/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> denies a request made pursuant to subdivision 1, the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall give the requester notice and the right to be heard and offer proof in opposition to such determination in accordance with regulations established by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. If the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> grants a request, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall promulgate by regulation such restrictions, limitations, or prohibitions as may be requested. <a id="paragraph-299684" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4039/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A <span class="dictionary">permit holder</span> shall not offer or take any bets in violation of regulations promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> pursuant to this subsection. <a id="paragraph-299685" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4039/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The prohibitions in subdivisions A 1 and A 3 shall be limited to the single <span class="dictionary">game</span> or match in which a <span class="dictionary">youth sports</span> or <span class="dictionary">Virginia college sports</span> team is a participant. The prohibitions shall not be construed to prohibit betting on other <span class="dictionary">games</span> in a tournament or multigame event in which a <span class="dictionary">youth sports</span> or <span class="dictionary">Virginia college sports</span> team participates, so long as such other <span class="dictionary">games</span> do not have a participant that is a <span class="dictionary">youth sports</span> or <span class="dictionary">Virginia college sports</span> team. <a id="paragraph-299686" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4039/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-299687" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4039/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1218, 1256; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 351, 352.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
